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" To ALL w'HoM 'IT MAY ooNcERN; o g l: Be it known fhaftI, W. W. PAB-MER, of Hudson,gin--th ;county erf` Lenawee, and in the State of Michigan,

have? invented certain new and useful improvements in "Home-Fasteners, and do herehy declare that the following is e fn ll ,"cler, end exact descriptionihereof, refei'ence being had to the accompanying drawings; and to the letters of 'referexice marked thereon. i i I Inthe annexed drawings, A-and-Bj-'re'present two metallic bnrs, which for-m the two phrtsof the'fastener,

l and each-of which has oneA end bent oAcurved i'nxthe peculiar. ninnn'er represented, whereby `hooks areformed,

which,wl1en once caught in thehame, :ire not` liable to' easily escupe. The/bar B is provided with two loops or keepers C C, and also with@ curved spring,.D, which ih pvotefl or riveted to the bar within the keepers. The

har A is provided, ps seen, with s series of shoulders, a am; said bar bcingmade narrow-enough to pass easily through the loops orkeepers C C withV that end upon which the shoulders are formed. When'the end 'x of bnr A is passed4 into the loops -or keepers the shoulders'of this har catch against the inner edges of the. tops of the keepers, said bar boing-firmly pressed upwards by menne 'of the spring D. y'

' :[n'using this ''x'xs'stener one of* the bars is secured hy its hook to each piece of the hams;V The hame being properly adjusted oihthe animal, the wedgeshped end 22 of, the har A is forced through the keepers, bearing down thesprx'ingfto eeet its' pnssnge. Thefshouldersa, catching upon the edges'of the keepers, prevent the `"two parts freni separating. To loosen this'A fastener the spring D is borne down', the shoulders disengaged from the edge of thelkeeper, .and the bnr A is 'drawn' out. A

I Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire io secure by Letters Patent, is The metalli bor B, with its keepers-O C, and clrved spring D, when used incombiua/ti'on with the bnr A,

@in the manner-und for he purposes specified.y

` In testimonythat c lniu'ilthe foregoing I have hereunto set 'my hand and seal this'15th day of January, 1867. WM. W. PALMER.

Witnesses:

' Lonnuzo Panna,

Gso. W. Wmrnscx. 

